The Wisconsin Week Wire — March 14, 2007
Top News
Wiley: UW–Madison will act on Hermosa situation
UW–Madison chancellor John D. Wiley is deeply concerned with reports of workers’ rights abuses at a former adidas Group subcontractor in El Salvador and plans to take steps to influence the situation.
Update: Chancellor, faculty perspectives on Law School controversy
On March 9, senior faculty of the Law School and Chancellor John Wiley issued separate statements that offer both an informed look back at the classroom controversy and fresh ideas on how to re-establish a constructive dialogue and heal damaged relationships. These and other statements are available online.
UW launches study testing adult stem cells for heart damage repair
The School of Medicine and Public Health is among the first medical centers in the country to take part in a novel clinical trial investigating whether a subject’s own stem cells can treat a form of severe coronary artery disease.
Research
Study focuses on closing school achievement gap
With funding from the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery seed grant program, UW–Madison scientists will bring their collective expertise to bear on one important cause of the problem of school achievement gap between underprivileged children and their more advantaged peers.
Breaching a gateway to the cell, drug discovery
With support from the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery seed grant program, scientists are poised to bring a novel approach to finding new medicines by deploying the atomic force microscope to screen agents as they dock with critical cell receptors.
Features
‘Cultural activist’ embraces spoken word at UW–Madison
Willie Ney is living proof of the benefits of a multicultural education. As executive director of the Office of Multicultural Arts Initiatives, he insists, though, that he’s not an academic.
On Campus
Events calendar
Employee Matters
Clinic offers help, hope to low-income clients
UW–Madison’s Consumer Law Clinic provides legal help to low-income victims while serving as a classroom, teaching law students through firsthand experience.
Community
First ‘Greenbush Day’ celebration planned
The first of what organizers hope will become the annual Greenbush Day celebration will become the annual Greenbush Day celebration will be held from 4–6 p.m. on Wednesday, March 21, at the Welcome Center, 21 N. Park St.